story: (CNN) -- President Barack Obama has nominated his top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, to be the next director of the CIA. 
  
  If there is an emerging Obama doctrine to deal with the threat from al Qaeda and its allies, it is clearly a rejection of the use of conventional military forces and a growing reliance instead on the use of drones and U.S. Special Operations Forces -- and Brennan has been central to Obama's policy. 
  
  In an April 30 speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, Brennan laid out the rationale for the drone policy in more detail than any administration official had done publicly hitherto. He asserted that the drone strikes are legal both under the Authorization for Use of Military Force passed by Congress after the September 11 attacks and because, "There is nothing in international law that bans the use of remotely piloted aircraft for this purpose or that prohibits us from using lethal force against our enemies outside of an active battlefield, at least when the country involved consents or is unable or unwilling to take action against the threat." 
  
  This does not appear to be the view of Ben Emmerson, U.N. special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights, who announced plans at Harvard Law School in October to launch an investigation into U.S. drone attacks and the extent to which they cause civilian casualties. 
  
  Politics: Compared to Hagel, reaction to Brennan nomination muted 
  
  One of Brennan's most significant legacies in the four years he has been the president's principal adviser on terrorism is the U.S. drone campaign against al Qaeda and its allies in countries such as Pakistan and Yemen -- one that has shifted focus significantly in the past year or so. 
questions: Who did Obama nominate?
questions: To be what?
questions: Was he Obama's adviser before that?
questions: What kind?
questions: On what day did Brennan give his speech?
questions: At what facility?
questions: In what location?
questions: What did Brennan talk about in great detail?
questions: Did he say it was legal or illegal?
questions: What was passed by Congress?
questions: After what event was it passed?
questions: Does Ben Emmerson have the same opinion as Brennan?
questions: What is Emmerson's job title?
questions: Where did he announce his plans?
questions: In what month?
questions: Was he launching an investigation?
questions: Into what?
questions: And?
answers: John Brennan.
answers: Obama has nominated his top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan,
answers: Next director of the CIA.
answers:  nominated his top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, to be the next director of the CIA. 
  
answers: Yes.
answers: Obama has nominated his top counterterrorism adviser,
answers: His top counterterrorism adviser,
answers: Obama has nominated his top counterterrorism adviser,
answers: April 30
answers: In an April 30 speech 
answers: The Woodrow Wilson Center.
answers: In an April 30 speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center 
answers: Washington.
answers: the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington
answers: The drone policy.
answers:  Brennan laid out the rationale for the drone policy in more detail than any administration official had done publicly hitherto.
answers: Legal.
answers: He asserted that the drone strikes are legal 
answers: Authorization for Use of Military Force.
answers:  Authorization for Use of Military Force passed by Congress
answers: The September 11 attacks.
answers: passed by Congress after the September 11 attacks
answers: No.
answers: This does not appear to be the view of Ben Emmerson,
answers: U.N. special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights.
answers: U.N. special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights
answers: Harvard Law School.
answers: who announced plans at Harvard Law School
answers: October.
answers: Harvard Law School in October 
answers: Yes.
answers: to launch an investigation 
answers: U.S. drone attacks.
answers:  launch an investigation into U.S. drone attacks
answers: And the extent to which they cause civilian casualties.
answers:  and the extent to which they cause civilian casualties. 